Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,318 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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First African Methodist Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, California (1872- )
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Mary Elizabeth Williams (1977- )
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Daniel A. P. Murray (1852-1925)
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Damon Jerome Keith (1922-2019)

Explore Global African History

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Ahmed Sékou Touré (1922-1984)
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Bahutu Manifesto (1957)
Addisu Messele
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Addisu Messele (1961- )
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Eustace Edward Ricardo Braithwaite (1912–2016)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

U.S. Embassy, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
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America’s Black Ambassadors: A Historical Snapshot
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Black Freedom and Social Class in St. Louis, Missouri between the Great Depression and the Great Society
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Arkansas Pioneers in Flight: African Americans in Aviation from the Natural State, 1932 to 1953.
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Is The Help Realistic? It Depends.

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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